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backporch.fanhouse.com - 8 hours ago
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by B. Thompson Stroud ...for Joe Mauer of
the Minnesota Twins for simultaneously being the Magic Johnson...
and the Larry Bird of professional baseball. He puts up insane numbers (especially for a catcher, which is a talking point I'm sure you need ...
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The Dugout Gives Thanks
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mlbnotebook.com - 2 days ago
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Note: this post is not strictly about baseball.
If such things offend you, I'll warn you ahead...
of time so you can like skip through it. Sports bigot. I don't know if you've noticed, but we're in something of a golden of fandom. Consider our MVPs, Joe Mauer and Albert Pujols (but don't take ...
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A Fan's Nirvana: The Cliche Thanksgiving Post!
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baseballprospectus.com - 2 days ago
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The 2009 MVPs talk about the future, the
Yankees mull their options, plus rumors and rumblings....
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On the Beat: Midweek Update by John Perrotto
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
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Minnesota Twins fans aren't taking too kindly to
my column yesterday about how I think Joe Mauer...
will be a Yankee in 2011. In fact, they're up in arms over my shameless coveting of their team's best player. Imagine that. Here's the story. In "AL MVP Joe Mauer - A Future Yankee," I wrote, "Why ...
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How I ticked off an entire state with my craven desire ...
overthebaggy.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
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Baby Jesus wins MVP with crazy good numbers.
Here's some of the latest from around the world...
on our hometown hero's big award: Patrick Reusse at the Star Tribune presents a hat-in-hand apology for his accusations in 2001. Sort ...
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Spit-take! Mauer's MVP.
sportsjudge.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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A gold glove. A batting title. An MVP.
What a year it was for Joe Mauer ....
He hit .365 with a career-high 28 home runs and a career-high 96 RBI. In addition to leading the league in batting average, Mauer led in on-base percentage and slugging percentage. ...
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Joe Mauer: AL MVP and Beyond
yankeesredsox.com - 3 days ago
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The Twins are trying to get local boy,
Joe Mauer, to agree to a contract extension and...
their success or failure will have a big impact on the Yankees' offseason. If Mauer doesn't agree to an extension he will become a free agent after 2010, and considering he is a catcher and only 27, he will ...
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Mauer Matters
fackyouk.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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In the six months I've been writing here,
rarely have Jay and I disagreed on any major...
points. We disagreed about a hypothetical recall of Austin Jackson in the wake of a potential Melky Cabrera injury, and we differ as to how the Yankees should approach Hideki Matsui this off-season. But in ...
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Counterpoint: Who Cares?
thebiglead.com - 3 days ago
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Joe Mauer led the AL in batting average,
on base percentage and slugging percentage, playing a position...
where a bat is a bonus. Unsurprisingly, he was voted AL MVP, receiving 27 of 28 first place votes. What was surprising was the errant vote ...
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Who is Keizo Konishi and Why Did He Vote For Cabrera ...
baseballmusings.com - 3 days ago
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Albert Pujols wins the BBWAA MVP Award unanimously
. That’s pretty impressive that both leagues had a...
clear view of who should be the MVP, with Mauer getting 27 of 28 first place votes. Congratulations to Albert on his third MVP, something that should cement his Hall of Frame credentials. ...
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All for Pujols
sportscracklepop.com - 3 days ago
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Despite winning his second straight batting title and
having a season for the ages, Joe Mauer still...
has haters. The Minnesota Twin fell one vote shy of becoming the first catcher to win the Most Valuable Player Award by a unanimous vote, thanks to a Japanese writer who either needs Lasik ...
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Hey Konishi, Go Fukudome
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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Like Joe Mauer yesterday, today's announcement of the
NL MVP comes as no surprise. Albert Pujols received...
all of the possible 32 first-place votes and finished off his third MVP season batting .327/.443/.658 with 47 home runs and 135 RBI. Florida's Hanley Ramirez finished second, with Ryan ...
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Pujols Unanimous Pick For NL MVP
twinkietalk.com - 3 days ago
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I thought I had this in the queue
to publish yesterday morning, rather than today. Ed. Turns...
out I lost it, so you get a brand new post! That might be the last time I write a post ahead of time. Stupid productivity. Anyways, I posted this ballot on twitter Monday morning, so feel free [...]
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My AL MVP Ballot
joeposnanski.com - 3 days ago
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So, it looks like I spent another sports
year feeling pre-agitated about things that did not come...
especially close to happening. Zack Greinke won the Cy Young Award … he won it rather easily. There was no sudden and overpowering push to get ...
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Mauer Pauer: Man of the Hauer
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 days ago
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The Strib's Joe Christensen reports that "there are
indications the team hopes to have a new deal...
with [Joe] Mauer by Christmas." Um, "indications the team hopes to have. . ." So is it unclear whether the team really hopes to have...
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The Twins hope to give their fans a Christmas present
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 days ago
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Here are the overall number one picks from
the past decade: Adrian Gonzalez; Joe Mauer; Bryan Bullington;...
Delmon Young; Matt Bush; Justin Upton; Luke Hochevar; David Price; Tim Beckham; Stephen Strasburg. Guess which one the Royals just ...
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The Royals acquire former number one pick!
sports.yahoo.com - 3 days ago
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Welcome to 'Duk's Dozen, a streamlined selection of
12 morning-fresh links and items to start your baseball...
day. It welcomes your email submissions and tips here or via Twitter . 1. It's admittedly a very loose comparison, but ...
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D12: Revisiting the Twins decision of Mauer over Prior ...
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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Even this Yankee fan can concede that Minnesota
Twins catcher Joe Mauer deserved the AL MVP award...
over Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter. In fact, I wrote back in September the reasons why Mauer was worthy of the honor. So yes, Mauer earned that award. He didn't just have one of the greatest years ...
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AL MVP Joe Mauer - A future Yankee?
morehardball.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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After reading my post on why Zack Greinke
should win the AL Cy Young Award, the baseball...
writers association responded by...voting Zack Greinke the 2009 AL Cy Young Award Winner. It is for this reason that I have to wholeheartedly believe that once again the writer's referred to my post on ...
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The Writer's Take Note Again...AL MVP
startribune.com - 3 days ago
sportingnews.com - 3 days ago
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Today's Calls: Vince Young vs. Manning and Brees,
Urban Meyer vs. Notre Dame, Joe Mauer vs. Albert...
Pujols, Miguel Cabrera vs. Ben Zobrist, Tennessee vs. Purdue, Chris Bosh vs. Summer 2010, Rex Ryan vs. Eric Mangini and More. The Opening Pitch: The ...
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Shanoff's WUC: VY, Meyer, Mauer, Pujols
mikesciosciastragicillness.com - 3 days ago
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Hey, I like Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier
just as much as everyone else does… …but to...
say they’re “leading candidates for the NL MVP award” goes beyond “looking through Dodger blue glasses”. You’d ...
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The Power of Wishful Thinking…
twinkietown.com - 3 days ago
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More photos » by Jennifer Simonson - AP
Just look at all those Mauers! There's more baseball...
talent in this picture than there's football talent in Cleveland. ...
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Condolence Letters to Other AL MVP "Candidates" and ...
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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American League MVP, Joe Mauer, is set to
be a free agent at this time next year,...
and Sam Borden thinks it would be a good idea for the Yanks to make a run at him. So do I. Here's some more from Sam: What would Mauer mean to the Yankees? Plenty. Pitching is forever the holy grail for success in ...
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Borden: Replace Posada With Mauer
mlive.com - 3 days ago
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Cabrera hit .324 with 34 homers and 103
RBIs last season....
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Tigers' Miguel Cabrera finishes fourth in AL MVP voting; ...
fackyouk.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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Good morning, Fackers. To the surprise of essentially
no one who followed the 2009 Major League Baseball...
season, Joe Mauer won the A.L. MVP yesterday . He led the league in batting average, on base percentage, slugging percentage, runs created, wOBA , wRAA, VORP and would have in WAR if Ben ...
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Parsing The AL MVP Vote
theyankeeuniverse.com - 3 days ago
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From the BBWAA : Joe Mauer, who won
an unprecedented third batting championship for a catcher and...
helped propel the Minnesota Twins to the American League Central title, was elected the AL Most Valuable Player for 2009 in balloting by the BBWAA. ...
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Mauer Wins MVP, Tex 2nd, Jeter 3rd
sportingnews.com - 3 days ago
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Joe Mauer started his season on the DL
and ended it as the American League Most Valuable...
Player . There really was no other choice, as Mauer got 27 of the 28 first-place votes. It seems one of the BWAA members must be related to Miguel Cabrera, as ...
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Joe Mauer Wins AL MVP While 17 Voters Forget Who Ben ...
sportingnews.com - 3 days ago
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Voting for
the American League Most Valuable Player Award, with first-,...
second- and third-place votes and total points on a 14-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 ...
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American League MVP votes
bottomlinesox.com - 3 days ago
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With bench coach Brad Mills now in Houston
as the new Manager, the Red Sox have made...
some coaching changes yesterday: Extra Bases - The Boston Red Sox today announced their 2010 Major League coaching staff. DeMarlo Hale has been named bench coach, Tim Bogar will serve as third base coach, Ron ...
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Red Sox News: Mauer, Coaches, Wolf, Johnson
sports.yahoo.com - 3 days ago
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Great success! After a few months of the
intangibles crowd being threatened with severe online mockery by...
the rest of us, Minnesota's Joe Mauer (notes) was rightly awarded with the first American League MVP of his career on Monday afternoon. The ...
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After locking up of AL MVP, it's time for Twins to lock ...
overthemonster.com - 3 days ago
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More photos » by Hannah Foslien - AP
about 6 hours ago: FILE - This is an...
Aug. 13, 2009, file photo showing Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer hitting a ...
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Mauer = MVP
thegmsperspective.com - 4 days ago
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If people have not already figured this out;
Joe Mauer is a very good baseball player. I...
am not informing you of unknown knowledge, being awarded the American League’s Most Valuable Player Award solidifies the obvious. Despite missing the first month of the season due to a back injury, he ...
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A Well-Deserved MVP For Joe Mauer
thepaintedbaseball.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
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A MUCH DESERVED AWARD for Minnesota Twins backstop
and hitter extraordinaire Joe Mauer. Whenever I think about...
Mauer, the first thing that comes to mind is the vintage Twins catcher's helmet he wears. So in honor of his MVP award, I've chosen this view for this sketch. ...
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Vintage Joe Mauer: A.L. MVP '09
twinstarget.com - 4 days ago
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TwinsTarget examines the arbitrariness of the MVP award,
and explains why he isn't upset with the outcome...
of this year's voting results.
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Joe Mauer - American Leauge MVP
voicefromtwinsterritory.mlblogs.com - 4 days ago
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For the first month of the season fans
anxiously awaited the arrival of the hometown catcher while...
backups Jose Morales and Mike Redmond held down the fort. An injury and a late start weren't enough to hold Joe Mauer back in 2009 however, and as November comes to a close the All-Star catcher ...
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One Final Award
yanksblog.com - 4 days ago
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As expected, Twins catcher Joe Mauer was voted
the American League's Most Valuable Player for this season....
Mauer received all but one first place vote (Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers received the other) for a total of 387 points. Mark Teixeira and D...
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Mauer Wins MVP; Teixeira 2nd, Jeter 3rd
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 4 days ago
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No catcher ever has won the Most Valuable
Player Award unanimously, an honor Joe Mauer of Minnesota...
somehow was deprived of in the 2009 voting announced Monday by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Only one vote stood between Mauer and his ...
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Mauer a worthy MVP, but deserved more
tigerblog.net - 4 days ago
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I was surprised as anyone that Miguel Cabrera,
of all people, got the lone non-Mauer first place...
vote for the AL MVP. My guess is it might be the same guy who voted Justin Verlander first for the Cy Young but remember, two Detroit voters picked Magglio Ordonez over Alex Rodrigue back in 2007. ...
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The Case Against Miguel Cabrera
metsmerizedonline.com - 4 days ago
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Not much going on today as far as
Mets news goes. If you want to relive the...
horror of the 2009 season, you can always tune into MLB Network’s Hot Stove Tonight for a retrospective of the Mets season. There’s also some rumblings from Fox Sports that figures Jermaine Dye could be a ...
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Where’s The Justice?
detroit4lyfe.com - 4 days ago
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Joe Mauer won the AL MVP on Monday
almost unanimously, receiving 27 out of 28 first place...
votes. He lead the AL in batting average (.365), on-base percentage (.444) and slugging percentage (.587), the first AL player to top all three categories in the same season since George Brett in 1980. He ...
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Joe Mauer: the Tom Brady of Baseball
theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com - 4 days ago
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Mauer, who led the AL in avg. (.365),
OBP (.444), and slugging percentage (.587) received 27 out...
of 28 first-place votes to become not only the second Minnesota Twin to win the award since 2006, but he also became just the second catcher in the last 33 years (Thurman Munson) to win the award.
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Joe Mauer Wins AL MVP; Was There Any Doubt?
baseballdailydigest.com - 4 days ago
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The long-awaited American League Most Valuable Player award
was handed out this afternoon to (drum roll) Joe...
Mauer, catcher of the Minnesota Twins! They got it right after all. They didn’t award C.C. Sabathia the AL Cy Young award over Zack ...
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No Respect for Zobrist
zellspinstripeblog.com - 4 days ago
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As expected, Joe Mauer nearly unanimously won the
American League Most Valuable Player with Mark Teixeira and...
Derek Jeter second and third. Mauer tallied 387 votes, Mark Teixeira came in second with 225 and Derek Jeter pulled in a respectable 193 votes. Other Yankees receiving votes were ...
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Mauer wins AL MVP, Teixeira and Jeter come in 2nd and 3rd
detroit4lyfe.com - 4 days ago
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I'll start this post off with a congratulations
to Joe Mauer, the deserving AL MVP. Contrary to...
what those who believe I'm biased 100% of the time might think, I would have voted for Joe Mauer if I had the honor of voting for the AL MVP. Mauer received 27 out of the 28 votes from Baseball ...
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Joe Mauer Wins MVP; Miguel Cabrera Receives One 1st ...
stupidsportsblog.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
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It's reached the point where the lack of
respect shown for Derek Jeter by baseball writers has...
grown out of control and must be discussed. How can God's Gift to Baseball lose out on the American League MVP award to Twins catcher Joe Mauer ? How? How?!?! How I say?!?! Derek Jeter was the best ...
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Derek Jeter totally screwed out of AL MVP award
pinstripealley.com - 4 days ago
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Tex and Jeter finish second and third to Mauer
Nothing to complain about - Mauer deserved it. Though...
Jeter should've been ahead of Tex.
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Tex and Jeter finish second and third to Mauer
mlb.mlb.com - 4 days ago
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By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com 11/23/09 2:00 PM
EST NEW YORK -- Both Derek Jeter and Mark...
Teixeira hoisted the ultimate team hardware above their heads this month at Yankee Stadium, holding the 2009 World Series championship trophy high for all to see. ...
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Teixeira, Jeter fall to AL MVP Mauer
walkoffwalk.com - 4 days ago
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Joe Mauer, whose last name means "wall" in
German, has finally gotten his long-overdue AL MVP award...
, winning 27 of the 28 first place votes. He beat out such illustrious contenders as Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira of the Yankees, and also Miguel ...
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Joe Mauer Finally Gets His Mitts on an AL MVP Award
soxanddawgs.com - 4 days ago
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Despite missing the first month of the season
with some back issues, Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer...
was the overwhelming choice by the Baseball Writer’s Association of America as the American League Most Valuable Player. Mauer received 27-of-28 first place votes while Detroit ...
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Joe Mauer Named AL MVP
